Lady Falcons, Lady Crusaders create All-Sanford title match

Lee Christian and Grace Christian prevailed in the semifinals of the Carolina Christian Conference girls soccer tournament Thursday at Wayne Christian School to make Friday night’s CCC championship game a neighborhood rivalry.

Trinity Academy beat the Lady Falcons 2-1 back in Lee Christian’s opening match of the season on March 4. Community Christian beat Grace Christian 2-1 three weeks ago.

The Lady Crusaders topped Lee Christian 7-2 in the regular season at Grace on March 25. It’ll be the first CCC tournament match between the city rivals as Grace Christian is in its second season in the CCC and this is Lee Christian’s inaugural season in the CCC.

The Lady Falcons, who started the season 0-4, have a four-match winning streak going heading into Friday night’s final.

Grace Christian dropped four of five games before going on a five-game winning streak through the semifinal victory. The Crusaders are ranked No. 4 in the NCISAA 1A state poll and if that seeding holds or improves, Grace Christian would earn a first-round bye, then a quarterfinal home game, for the 12-school NCISAA State Tournament.